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Project Car Hell, Affordable 60s Alfa Romeo Edition: 2000 Spider or 1750 Berlina?
Project Car Hell: Alfa Romeo 2000 Berlina or Austin Gipsy?

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Novaload
07/13/09

In reply to Project Car Hell, Affordable 60s Alfa Romeo Edition: 2000 Spider or 1750 Berlina?
This is easy. The hook in PCH is the delusion that you will end up with something cooler than cool, a dream car, a four-wheel fantasy come true. Clearly, that's the Spider. For those of you who argue the Berlina is in far worse shape and therefore more hellish---indeed, it does look like a yeti nest but it's the genetic outlier of a glorious family, the one that didn't get the looks or the brains or the charm or the muscle the rest of the family flaunts. Even if you did finish it--so what? And you won't finish it, because there's no motivation here.

But the Spider--huge sexy payoff? You bet.

Almost impossible to get there? Check!

Q.E.D. PCH winner!
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Graverobber
07/13/09

In reply to Project Car Hell, Affordable 60s Alfa Romeo Edition: 2000 Spider or 1750 Berlina?
Four bills for a 1750 Berlina? Why, that's like saying you can have four minutes to have sex with gina lollobrigida. What's that you say, she's dead? Well shit howdy, that don't matter, it's gina-freakin'-lollobrigida. Y'all gotta' set priorities, and getting your hands on an Alfa Romeo that costs less than that 37" flat screen at the Walmarts is a once in a monthtime opportunity. Get out of mom's basement, cash-in that savings bond and get a trailer from uHaul and bring that puppy home. Because only then will you know the pride and hopelessness of owning a worthless, fugly, ain't never gonna' crank again Alfa sedan.

You think hell is getting audited by the IRS? You think it's passing that kidney stone all by yourself in the boys bathroom during second period back in 7th grade, and having to clean up the mess with paper hand towels and coarse pink soap?

No freakin' way, hell is owning an Alfa that even Alfa-lovers kind of turn up their noses at, and nobody really has a straight answer about where to find those tail lamp gaskets or the stainless trim for around the trunklid.

Satan himself has created this hell, along with the hells of "really liking the music of Ashley Tisdale" and "craving food from the Waffle House". It's not something that you choose, but something that chooses you, and then you find there's no way back.
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Mobius
07/12/09

In reply to Project Car Hell, Affordable 60s Alfa Romeo Edition: 2000 Spider or 1750 Berlina?
For this little money, why not get both?!
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wheels OF satan!
07/12/09

In reply to Project Car Hell, Affordable 60s Alfa Romeo Edition: 2000 Spider or 1750 Berlina?

DOOD, that is a really rare alfa... its the big ass spyder, with the iron block....

same body size as the maserati 3500GT --

not the usual series 101 giulietta --

i'd buy it just to have it in my YARD!!

beside the broken hot water heater and the ripped up couch!! yessir, that is a thing of beauty... even junked...
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Novaload
07/13/09

@wheels OF satan!: Yes indeed, that is the pinup that drives PCH--you must be deluded enough to think this is your payoff!
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Doc 2¢
07/12/09

In reply to Project Car Hell, Affordable 60s Alfa Romeo Edition: 2000 Spider or 1750 Berlina?
The Berlina in my opinion has the boxy mystic old school feel of the Datsun 510, BMW 2002s. Sure I can't throw the top down like in the Spider and enjoy the sun, but I think the Berlina gives a different and probably somewhat fun (funky body rolls are always fun) experience that the spider is probably lacking. I dunno lately I have had a warm fuzzy feeling of those amazing boxy vehicles so I could be bias here. Either way you can't lose with these vehicles, both being Alfas and having souls and whatnot.
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philibuster
07/12/09

In reply to Project Car Hell, Affordable 60s Alfa Romeo Edition: 2000 Spider or 1750 Berlina?
Totally helpful and awesome threadjack:
Get this greasemonkey script. If you don't have greasemonkey for firefox, google it and download it. I am in no way taking credit for this, nor am I saying I found it first.
from here
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Syrax
07/12/09

@philibuster: Best threadjack ever. Thanks!
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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
07/12/09

In reply to Project Car Hell, Affordable 60s Alfa Romeo Edition: 2000 Spider or 1750 Berlina?
Aw hell, I'll just take both of them. An Alfa is an Alfa, and until Chrysler finally brings some new ones over, this will have to do.

Plus, the great thing about being single and unemployed is that I literally have nothing better to do than tinker on rusted Italian hulks that may eventually run again. Yay.
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Edited by If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face at 07/12/09 9:24 PM

skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube
07/12/09

In reply to Project Car Hell, Affordable 60s Alfa Romeo Edition: 2000 Spider or 1750 Berlina?
The vote is stacked, just looking at the ballot you're being told who to vote for :)

Then you could take it to the next LeMons Victory Lane!

And you wouldn't have to make up your receipts.
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Edited by skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube at 07/12/09 9:20 PM

Murilee Martin
07/12/09

@skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube: I wish I could make the flags line up with the text in these damn polls.
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skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube
07/12/09

@Murilee Martin: methinks you need to TWO br's instead of one.
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Murilee Martin
07/13/09

@skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube: You make it sound like we can use tags in these stoopid PollDaddy polls. Ha ha ha ha!
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